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Architecture Today

Architecture Today featuring great design, architecture, fashion, graphics and innovation from across the globe.

 

Wuhan Pixel Box Cinema

“Pixel” is the basic element of images, designer explores relationship of movement and pixel to become the theme of this design. “Pixel” is applied in different areas of the cinema. The box office grand hall houses a tremendous curved envelop formed by over 6000 pieces of stainless steel panels. The feature display wall is decorated with huge amount of square strips protruding from the wall is presenting the glamorous name of cinema. Inside this cinema, everyone would enjoy the great atmosphere of digital world generated by the cohesion of all “Pixel” elements.

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Olivino

Olivino is a restaurant created within a former industrial exhibition hall in China. The original double height, column free volume and the skylight grid are retained and reinforced, while services and lighting are concealed within an upgraded roof assembly. A circular glass wine cellar and a copper stove are inserted to guide circulation without partitions. Materials include art paint, metal plate, handmade brick, gold foil and glass. Daylight and layered artificial light shape open and intimate dining zones. The total area is 626 square meters.

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Senbo Resort

Wuhan Senbo Resort is a family oriented resort hotel interior located in China. The design translates local landscape imagery of mountains, flowing water and lotus forms into an immersive spatial narrative. The lobby is defined by a double curved mountain like ceiling made of custom glass fiber reinforced gypsum panels. Building information modeling and parametric modeling were used to resolve the complex geometry. Natural wood, bamboo weaving, sustainable finishes and intelligent lighting create a calm atmosphere for adults and children.

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Classy Mansion

Classy Mansion is a sales center in Jinan, China, designed as an oriental style club. The interior covers about 1400 square meters and includes a tea room, a spa area, a gym, a lounge and several private dining rooms. Natural wood, landscape textured stone, antique bronze finishes, Suzhou embroidery and lacquerware are combined with low saturation tones. A sunken lounge holds a 16 meter interactive LED screen. Handcrafted screens and antiques add cultural depth. The layout balances privacy with open and fluid movement.

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Park1538 Gwangyang

Park1538 is located in a city with a long history of steel. The project turns this industrial past into a cultural place open to the public and introduces visitors to the material, the process, and the history of making steel. Steel is often seen as heavy and rigid, but this project shows another side of the material by expressing flexibility through form and space. A cantilever hall creates an open plaza below, while vertical ribs guide visitors through layered spaces and link the different levels of the building.

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Snow Park

Snow Park is an exhibition center for a large indoor ski resort. The interior is arranged as six themed scenes: Ice Lake, Ice Tunnel, Ice Cave, Ice Light, Ice Cone and Ice House. Glass fiber reinforced gypsum shapes the flowing walls and ribbon-shaped light fixtures, while translucent ice jade stone lines the tunnel area. Holographic projections, screens and dynamic lighting guide visitors along an immersive route. Thirty-six structural columns are absorbed into the streamlined layout. The flexible plan also allows a later shift to commercial use.

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